Fugitive terror suspect in burka sues the UK over torture claims

BURKA fugitive Mohammed Ahmed Mohamed is suing British taxpayers in a legal battle involving allegations of torture, it was revealed yesterday.

Philip Davies says cases like these make a laughing stock of the legal system [TIM CLARKE]

The claim could win the terror suspect hundreds of thousands of pounds.

The 27-year-old is at the centre of a nationwide manhunt after disguising himself in a burka and disappearing from a mosque last Friday in Acton, west London, while subject to a terrorism prevention order because of his involvement with Al Shabaab, the Somalia-based Al Qaeda group.

Meanwhile, a High Court action continues in which he is making a human rights compensation claim against the Government over his earlier detention in east Africa.

Mohamed and another terror suspect allege they were “unlawfully detained, tortured and mistreated” in 2011.

Mohamed claims he was unlawfully detained, tortured and mistreated [PA]

The claim could win the terror suspect hundreds of thousands of pounds

The disclosure of the existence of the case came with a groundbreaking ruling by Mr Justice Irwin in which he gave permission for Government lawyers to apply for a form of closed hearing when the case comes to trial because of the sensitive nature of its evidence. News of Mohamed’s claim sparked fury. Tory MP Dominic Raab said: “If he wants to use the Human Rights Act to sue the Government then he should give himself up and make his case in court with all the protection that British justice allows.”

Tory MP Philip Davies said: “This is unacceptable and unjustifiable. Cases like these make the legal system a bad joke. This man is making a mockery of the law. The only place for this man is in prison.”

FURIOUS: Tory MP Dominic Raab says Mohamed should give himself up and make a case in court [FREE PIC]

Robert Oxley, campaign director of the TaxPayers’ Alliance said: “With Mohammed Ahmed Mohamed absconding this case should surely be halted before any further costs to taxpayers are incurred.”

The allegations by the terror suspects have been strongly denied by government lawyers who say the pair’s claims lack credibility.